My friends are all pirates

That is to say, these people can't beat the navy, otherwise Ya Sherid thinks they will definitely run back and ask for a refund or even grab a random one.

A few unlucky captains who were distressed by their investment in vain, complained about unscrupulous officials of the kingdom and scolded the navy. As the wine got stronger, the topics between them and Henry began to lean in the same direction.

"Guys, I saw a big ship in the port, do you know anything about it?"

Henry was the first to talk about this topic, he smiled kindly, like a curious baby.

Well, he thought so himself.

It's just that there are more beards on the face, and the face is a bit far from the "good guy". If you want to open up a bit, the "curious" part of this smile is still very real.

The movements of several captains drinking slowed down.

They exchanged glances.

Henry's smile returned to their faces.

"Hahaha, brother, you saw it too."

"Yes, yes, what a big ship."

"However, looking at it these days, I feel that they are a little less. It must be very difficult to operate such a big ship?"

Chapter 12 Friends at Sea

When the topic changed to the three-masted galleon in the harbor, the relationship between the captains and Henry became more intimate.

At first they were a little secretive, but soon revealed their true colors.

"Brother, you look familiar, don't you want to sign up?" A captain bit the roast meat in his mouth, and looked back and forth at Henry and the cadres beside him.

He seemed to be struggling to find a familiar face among the Imaginary's crew.

He just skipped over Asherid's side. As far as a sailor's standard is concerned, Asherid's youthfulness can be seen at a glance.

"Oh? Why don't you report one first, bro." Henry laughed.

He was also recalling whether he had snatched this item before.

The pirate sideline of the Brotherhood of the Coast began about eight years ago, and only two years after the tragedy, the Ysera pirates began to appear in the waters of the Drum Kingdom.

Henry has been in this business for five years. He is indeed an old driver in the fraternity. He really can't remember how many boats he has robbed.

After thinking about it for a long time, he decided that he had never seen any of these captains, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

"I'm just an ordinary captain. I'm just a helper for the chamber of commerce. I can't talk about a name." The captain who was asked said.

It's amazing that the few of them have been chatting with Henry here for a long time. Unless they know each other is the captain, they really don't know the name or anything. Before, no one took the initiative to say their name.

"My name is Gade." Henry decided to be generous, after all, he started, "The family is poor, and even the neighbors are poor. As a last resort, everyone pooled some money, bought a boat to transport goods, and earned some hard-earned money. "

"Captain Gade, you seem to be a good captain." The captain on the opposite side nodded, "My name is Bellamy, it's embarrassing to say, I never thought I would go to sea one day, but I was raped when I was 13 years old." The bastard who was conscripted was caught, and he had to work as a handyman on the army ship, and later became a sailor, and after he came out, he thought about nothing else, so he just continued to run the ship."

"Hook."

"Silver."

"Steven."

The remaining captains also reported their names one by one, and introduced themselves briefly by the way.

The settings are almost the same, they are all forced to come out to run ships and deliver goods.

Anyway, there is nothing wrong with listening.

They seem to have forgotten that they were still complaining about the inaction of the officials of the Kingdom, and sold them the private plunder license that was about to be revoked.

Fortunately, everyone else present also forgot about it, so it's not a big problem.

"Since everyone knows the basics, I won't go around in circles anymore. My buddies have all taken a fancy to that big ship. Captain Gade, do you want to come together?" Captain Hook seemed impatient, and he was the first to speak up. "I was in this port at this time last year. I saw this ship. Its name is 'Kona'. There are many guns on board, but there are not enough people."

"It's nothing, I have better news here." Captain Bellamy said, "This is a slave ship, and they came here this time to make a deal with the royal family. You know how rich the royal family is in this country." Right? They don’t even use banknotes when they make large transactions, they just use gold.”

"Really, you old boy never said this before!"

Everyone's breathing became rapid.

If this is the case, it is no longer called a big fish, but a flying windfall.

"Hey, you guys, calm down." Captain Silver seemingly calmly interrupted the idiotic expressions of those present who were overly expecting, "Anyway, that's a big guy, let alone a slave trader, Those who work in this business are no different from ordinary merchant ships."

"Captain Hook, do you think they are not many people, are they reliable? After all, that is the news from last year, maybe they will be enough this year." Silver's reminder is still useful, Henry suppressed the excitement in his heart now , began to consider more practical issues.

When the pirate ships meet at sea, facing a sufficiently powerful prey, they will indeed combine their strengths to help each other from time to time, but they must be able to obtain enough benefits, otherwise they will definitely fight each other afterwards.

If the rewards of the prey are too high, and the pre-distribution plan is not applicable, or greed breaks out, they will make mutual decisions afterwards.

Even if the pirates on the same ship are fascinated by the treasure, different groups still occasionally make bricks with each other.

The Brotherhood of the Coast will not worry about the last item, but as the captain of the Imagination, Henry still has a lot to consider.

"Brother, you can't trust me." Hook grinned, "Yes, it's a lot of money, but we have so many people after all, it's impossible for anyone who wants to monopolize it. I fought a lot with slave ships. Dealing with them, we have a certain number of people and trading volume, it will not add people easily, and almost all of our hands are just right, very safe."

"Brother, could it be possible that you have also transported slaves?" Henry smiled, as if he mentioned this casually.

Asherid quietly put his hand in the position where he could draw his sword the fastest.

A large part of the Brotherhood of the Coast is allergic to the word slave.

Ten years ago, not all the people lost by Ysera were killed. On that bloody night, Henry's parents were killed, and his younger brother and younger sister were taken away, and they were never recovered.

If this Hook had done this kind of business, although Henry didn't say anything, he would definitely make a wave afterwards, and he would also get the unanimous support of the crew of the Imagination.

If it's not appropriate to talk about it later, just focus on this point, and there is no pressure to start the film on the spot.

If it's the latter, it would be very tricky to sneak attack from this distance.

Asherid has observed it, and this Hook is considered a powerful man, but judging from some of his habitual movements, he is definitely not a swordsman or a powerful martial arts person. Asherid has sufficient confidence to make a surprise attack. Cut him to death in the state, unless he has eaten a devil fruit.

"Hahaha, just kidding, how could I have been a slave trader." Hook laughed boldly.

He wanted to be one, but he had to have that ability.

"I'm relieved when I say that." Henry also smiled heartily, "After all, I don't dare to partner with a strong man who does this kind of business."

The captains laughed and laughed, and the tense atmosphere just now naturally melted away.

After a while, they began to discuss some principles of cooperation.

By the time they got here, Asherid had no interest anymore. After all, it was nothing more than how everyone met and joined forces after going to sea.

The real cooperation rules can only be agreed on the sea.

Yasherid looked at the long table where the wine was sold, and the owner of the tavern was concentrating on washing and wiping the wine glasses there. Although Yasherid felt that he should be able to hear the movement here, but judging from his appearance, it was obvious that Yaxing didn't care about it at all.

Not long after, the crew who were full of food and drink also got up under the leadership of their respective captains, and after paying their bills, they went out.

After stepping on the snow again, Asherid was still looking at the backs of the group of people when Henry patted him on the shoulder.

"Asherid, did you just want to chop them up?"

Everyone laughed when they heard the words.

"Yeah, that guy has been watching Al Sherid since then!"

"Fortunately, he didn't know that Asherid was a strong man, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sit still, hahahaha."

For the teasing of his companions, Asherid only smiled and did not speak.

It's not without some benefits to be treated like a rookie.

At least it's easy to attack.

Although all kinds of domineering monsters and devil fruit ability users are rampant in this world, they are mainly concentrated in the middle and rear sections of the great waterway, while the front section of the great waterway and the four seas where the Kingdom of Alabasta is located still have an absolute majority of normal people.

Take Ysera as an example, the vast majority of residents know nothing about HQ, and when talking about devil fruit ability users, the precondition of "legendary" must also be brought. Pass.

Only a very small number of people who have been at sea for more than five years have seen it a few times occasionally, indicating that this thing is real and not a fabricated story.

Whether it is Haki or Devil Fruit, it is something that is far away from ordinary people, and is usually not included in their thinking mode of things around them.

The topic of killing people didn't stay on the lips of the crew of the Imagination for long, and everyone soon stopped paying attention to it.

However, the Imagination stopped temporarily in the port.

Supplies are the best reason, and it's a practical need for the Fantastic, plus the crew needs to scrub and repair it.

During the voyage, the hull below the waterline will become dirty due to the accumulation of various organisms such as seaweed or barnacles, which will increase the resistance on the hull, slow down the speed of sailing, and cause serious damage to the hull.

A good boat can only be raised.

Since there is no dry dock here, it is impossible to determine the condition of the bottom of the ship, so in order to ensure safety, everyone had to drive the Imagination out of the port first, and found another sheltered bay.

With the help of the ropes, everyone successfully tilted the boat to one side until the part of the hull soaked in the water was exposed. As everyone expected, it had been corroded enough. Or bored wood, the leaking joints were plugged with wadding, and then recoated with an oily mixture of tar, sulfur, and animal fat.

When the Imagination returned to the port again, the port officials slowly collected another port service fee. Bussel didn't say anything, and paid the money happily, and then silently included this expense in the hunting cost. middle.

The money taken away by the Drum Kingdom officials will always come back in another form.

And that opportunity seems to be coming soon.

After waiting in the port for more than a week, the crew of the Imagination finally saw the owner of the three-masted galleon.

It was a man in his thirties, he looked like a decent man of the upper class, clean and white.

Chapter 13 The Strange Slave Trader

In Blue Star, slaves were originally a stage of social development, and later they were mainly used by the powerful to show their privileges or to punish enemies.

In the world of One Piece, it's about the same. The vast majority of slave buyers are nobles.

Asherid secretly watched the captain.

Usually, the owner of a merchant ship is an institution or a wealthy individual. These people will only entrust the captain and will not go to sea by themselves. However, special slave ships are special in merchant ships. The captain is often the owner, or one of the owners. .

First, you have to keep an eye on this kind of profiteering business. Second, slave traders adhere to the principle of reaching the maximum transportation volume every time and being able to complete the transaction safely. Basically, they are three-masted galleons. The various equipment and special "cargo" that the ship needs to be equipped with are proper valuable assets. Unlike those small single-masted ships, they are lost as soon as they are lost. If this kind of ship is taken away by others, it will be very distressing. .

Therefore, the captains of slave ships are usually ruthless, and most of their men are desperadoes who want money or life. Due to the characteristics of the industry, slave traders generally use large ships for transportation, and they are really willing to invest in violence. With abundant manpower and fierce firepower, they are not afraid of ordinary pirates at sea, and sometimes even attack pirates actively. After all, pirates are also a legal source of slaves recognized by the world government. Famous but not strong pirate captains can be sold at high prices slave.

This can be seen from the equipment of these people. The middle-aged ship owner is still dressed like a decent person, but his subordinates are all dressed up. Flintlock pistols and long and short knives are standard equipment. Axes or spears, and half of them are carrying flintlock rifles, the firepower is much more fierce than that of ordinary merchant ships.

It seemed that someone was spying on him, and the middle-aged ship owner suddenly looked towards him.

What imprinted in his eyes was the Imagination moored nearby and Henry and others scattered on the pier.

This group of people was standing or not, sitting or not, and a few of them were staggering from drinking.

The middle-aged ship owner looked at this side without moving for a long time, and his subordinates also looked over unanimously, their eyes were definitely not friendly.

After watching for a while, he took another step, but instead of going to the ship, he walked towards the Imaginary.

Seeing this group of aggressive people approaching at almost the same pace, the people on the Imagination stood up straight.

Acting at this time is really treating people as fools, which is equivalent to not calling themselves.

It's just a pain for those guys who drank too much on purpose.

But the effect was in place, the middle-aged ship owner looked at these guys who were desperately trying to stand up straight but were always crooked, and their suspicious eyes faded a lot.

It's not because of this that they think that there are good people on the Imagination, but that the threat has been reduced.

The rest of the people who could stand upright gathered together and blocked the way of the middle-aged ship owner.

"My noble lord, is there anything I can do to help?" Henry just rightly showed the attitude of a normal low-level person facing the nobles.

"This friend, is it your first time to come to Magnetic Drum?" The middle-aged ship owner smiled, looking kind.

As a true slave trader, he was completely different from the Captain Smith that Henry met before. In this black industrial chain, he had seen all kinds of people and was good at dealing with people of any class.

He is accustomed to resort to violence, but only when necessary, and if necessary, relentlessly, with full brutality.

At other times, he's a decent guy with a good tongue and a bender.

But his subordinates were not so particular about it, and some of them had already untied the flintlock rifles they were carrying.

The middle-aged ship owner didn't seem to notice the "little actions" of his subordinates. He kept a relatively friendly smile and waited for Henry's reply.

"It's just asking for a living, sir." Henry also behaved very naturally.

The intelligence is obviously unreliable. Although it can't catch up with the falsehood, the quality of these people is obviously not as bad as those captains said.

Henry didn't feel angry about it, nor did he feel cheated, and he would have done the same thing.